Submissions and Letters.

Recfishwest endeavours to respond to all issues and developments that may impact upon recreational fishing, and to prepare letters or submissions which cover Recfishwest's position on important topics.

Submissions are drafted by staff, or by individual Board members, and are approved by the Recfishwest Executive or Board.

Even though considerable time, research and effort is spent in preparing many of these submissions, they are not locked in, except that many have external deadlines and the other parties may have already completed their action on the topic.

Supplementary letters or submissions may be prepared to cover any changes in the circumstances of the topic or in response to new information where the topic is still open for decisions by other parties.

All members of the fishing public with an interest in any of the Recfishwest letters or submissions are encouraged to contact us with any questions they would like to have answered about these, or with any points they believe should be included or considered in a submission or excluded from a submission.

All members of the fishing public are welcome to ask for the preparation or the review of Recfishwest submissions about any topic on fish, fishing or the marine and freshwater environment which affects recreational fishing now or in the future.

Management of Recreational Demersal Fishing

24 April 2008
Final submission on "Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish", and "Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion" FMP228

11 April 2008
Draft of submission on "Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish", and "Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion: FMP228 - for comments
(Replaced by Final submission )

15 November 2007 
Submission on Fisheries Management Paper No. 225 Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish on the West Coast - Future Management Scenarios for Community Consideration

26 October 2007
Draft of submission on Fisheries Management Paper No. 225 Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish on the West Coast - Future Management Scenarios for Community Consideration (Replaced by Final submission )

Integrated Fisheries Management

22 June 2007
Recfishwest Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) with respect to an assessment framework for fisheries inter-sectoral allocation models

28 February 2007
Outcomes of the Wetline Review; The Minister for Fisheries' proposed decisions for the future management of the West Coast and Gascoyne commercial 'wetline' fisheries (FMP 221).

9 February 2007
Recfishwest Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Committee (IFAAC) and to Fisheries Management Paper No 214 "Integrated Fisheries Management Draft Allocation Report Roe's Abalone - Perth metropolitan region"

4 April 2006
Supplementary Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) with respect to Integrated Fisheries Management of the Western Rock Lobster Resource"

23 March 2006
Proposed arrangements for the managed West Coast and Gascoyne commercial "wetline" fisheries (originally Fisheries Management Papers 189, 190and 191, and now 205, 206 and 207)

15 February 2006
Integrated Fisheries Management "Speak up or miss out" (RFW article BWA)

3 November 2005
Submission to the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) and to Fisheries Management Paper No 204 "Integrated Fisheries Management Report Abalone Resource

16 May 2005
Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Committee (IFAAC) and to Fisheries Management Paper No 192 "Integrated Fisheries Management Report Western Rock Lobster Resource"

18 April 2005
Fisheries Management Paper No 191 "Access and Allocation Arrangements for the Commercial 'Wetline' Fisheries

Marine Parks, Marine Reserves and Marine Protected Areas

22 December 2006
Indicative Management Plan for the Proposed Geographe Bay/Leeuwin-Naturaliste/Hardy Inlet Marine Park

4 December 2006
Proposed Walpole Nornalup Inlets Marine Park IMP 2006-2016

2 November 2006
Shoalwater Islands Marine Park Draft Management Plan 2006

17 July 2006
Rottnest Island Marine Management Strategy

10 March 2006
Proposed Rottnest Island Sanctuary Zones

26 June 2005
Indicative Management Plan for the Proposed Dampier Archipelago Marine Park and Cape Preston Marine Management Area 2005

29 October 2004
Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Management Plan

10 September 2004
Letter to the Premier - Concern over Consultative Processes for Marine Parks

24 September 2002
Draft Rottnest Island Management Plan 2002 - 2007

Cockburn Sound

8 December 2006
Cockburn Sound Crab Closure to Recreational Fishing

7 December 2005
Letter to the Proponents of the Outer Harbour Project - Cockburn Sound

3 February 2005
Proposals for Community Discussion on the Future Management of Pink Snapper Fishing in Cockburn Sound and Surrounding Waters

7 January 2005
RFW Draft Comments on Cockburn Sound pink snapper closure

Management Plans

7 July 2008
Shark Bay Terrestrial Reserves and Proposed Reserve Additions - Draft Management Plan 2007

25 November 2007
Stokes Inlet Draft Management Plan, November 2007

31 July 2007
Proposed Closure of Part of Geographe Bay to Commercial Fishing

22 June 2007
Management of the Houtman Abrolhos System - A Draft Review 2007-2017

28 February 2007
Outcomes of the Wetline Review; The Minister for Fisheries' proposed decisions for the future management of the West Coast and Gascoyne commercial 'wetline' fisheries (FMP 221).

6 February 2007
A Scoping Paper: Matters Relevant to the Development of a Sustainable Allocation and Growout Model for Western Rock Lobster Pueruli, Fisheries Management Paper 219

24 July 2006
Draft By-Catch Action Plan for the Pilbara Fish Trawl Fishery

24 July 2006
Proposed amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994

17 July 2006
Rottnest Island Marine Management Strategy

13 March 2006
Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Management Plan 2007-2014

1 May 2005
Fisheries Management Paper No 189 "Proposed Management Arrangements for the Gascoyne Commercial 'Wetline' Fishery"

26 April 2005
Fisheries Management Paper No 190 "Proposed Management Arrangements for the West Coast Commercial 'Wetline' Fishery"

18 April 2005
Discussion Paper: Towards a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Western Australia

Freshwater Angling Issues

28 February 2006
A strategic approach to the management of ornamental fish in Australia - Consultation Draft

5 January 2006
Prohibition on the construction of dams on winter creeks

8 December 2005
Logue Brook Dam Recreational Fishing Access

29 August 2005
Shannon and D'Entrecasteaux National Park draft management plan

Developments

22 August 2006
Fremantle Ports Outer Harbour Project - Draft Recommendation Report on Preferred Option

13 January 2006
Proposed Tourism Development at Long Island, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, WA

Letters

13 December 2006
Letter congratulating Minister McGowan on Swan River Initiatives

8 December 2006
Cockburn Sound Crab Closure to Recreational Fishing

10 March 2006
Proposed Rottnest Island Sanctuary Zones

15 February 2006
Integrated Fisheries Management "Speak up or miss out" (RFW article BWA)

5 January 2006
Prohibition on the construction of dams on winter creeks

16 December 2005
Protection of large shark

7 December 2005
Letter to the Proponents of the Outer Harbour Project - Cockburn Sound

Complete list of submissions and letters in date order

7 July 2008
Shark Bay Terrestrial Reserves and Proposed Reserve Additions - Draft Management Plan 2007

24 April 2008
Final submission on "Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish", and "Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion" FMP228

11 April 2008
Draft of submission on "Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish", and "Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion" FMP228 - for comments (Replaced by Final submission )

Submissions during 2007

25 November 2007
Stokes Inlet Draft Management Plan, November 2007

15 November 2007
Final submission on Fisheries Management Paper No. 225 Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish on the West Coast - Future Management Scenarios for Community Consideration

26 October 2007
Draft of submission on Fisheries Management Paper No. 225 Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish on the West Coast - Future Management Scenarios for Community Consideration (Replaced by Final submission )

31 July 2007
Proposed Closure of Part of Geographe Bay to Commercial Fishing

22 June 2007
Recfishwest Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) with respect to an assessment framework for fisheries inter-sectoral allocation models

22 June 2007
Management of the Houtman Abrolhos System - A Draft Review 2007-2017

28 February 2007
Outcomes of the Wetline Review; The Minister for Fisheries' proposed decisions for the future management of the West Coast and Gascoyne commercial 'wetline' fisheries (FMP 221).

16 February 2007
Proposal for a Protection Zone over the SEA-ME-WE3 Submarine Cable off City Beach, Perth

16 February 2007
Proposed Amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994, Draft Report of the Ministerial Review Committee, Fisheries Occasional Publications No. 38 Volume 1 and 2.

9 February 2007
Recfishwest Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Committee (IFAAC) and to Fisheries Management Paper No 214 "Integrated Fisheries Management Draft Allocation Report Roe's Abalone - Perth metropolitan region"

6 February 2007
A Scoping Paper: Matters Relevant to the Development of a Sustainable Allocation and Growout Model for Western Rock Lobster Pueruli, Fisheries Management Paper 219

Submissions during 2006

22 December 2006
Indicative Management Plan for the Proposed Geographe Bay/Leeuwin-Naturaliste/Hardy Inlet Marine Park

13 December 2006
Letter congratulating Minister McGowan on Swan River Initiatives

8 December 2006
Cockburn Sound Crab Closure to Recreational Fishing

4 December 2006
Proposed Walpole Nornalup Inlets Marine Park IMP 2006-2016

2 November 2006
Shoalwater Islands Marine Park Draft Management Plan 2006

15 September 2006
Burrup Peninsula Proposed Conservation Reserve Draft Management Plan

22 August 2006
Fremantle Ports Outer Harbour Project - Draft Recommendation Report on Preferred Option

24 July 2006
Proposed amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994

24 July 2006
Draft By-Catch Action Plan for the Pilbara Fish Trawl Fishery

17 July 2006
Rottnest Island Marine Management Strategy

4 April 2006
Cape Peron Tourist Precinct Project - Strategic Environmental Review

4 April 2006
Supplementary Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) with respect to Integrated Fisheries Management of the Western Rock Lobster Resource"

23 March 2006
Proposed arrangements for the managed West Coast and Gascoyne commercial "wetline" fisheries (originally Fisheries Management Papers 189, 190and 191, and now 205, 206 and 207)

13 March 2006
Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Management Plan 2007-2014

10 March 2006
Proposed Rottnest Island Sanctuary Zones

15 February 2006
Integrated Fisheries Management "Speak up or miss out" (RFW article BWA)

28 February 2006
A strategic approach to the management of ornamental fish in Australia - Consultation Draft

13 January 2006
Proposed Tourism Development at Long Island, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, WA

8 December 2005
Logue Brook Dam Recreational Fishing Access

5 January 2006
Prohibition on the construction of dams on winter creeks

Submissions during 2005

19 December 2005
A Quality Future for Recreational Marron Fishery

16 December 2005
Protection of large shark

16 December 2005
Management of the Proposed South Coast Trawl Fishery (FMP 199)

7 December 2005
Letter to the Proponents of the Outer Harbour Project - Cockburn Sound

3 November 2005
Submission to the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC) and to Fisheries Management Paper No 204 "Integrated Fisheries Management Report Abalone Resource

29 August 2005
Shannon and D'Entrecasteaux National Park draft management plan

20 June 2005
Indicative Management Plan for the Proposed Dampier Archipelago Marine Park and Cape Preston Marine Management Area 2005

16 May 2005
Submission to Integrated Fisheries Allocation Committee (IFAC) and to Fisheries Management Paper No 192 "Integrated Fisheries Management Report Western Rock Lobster Resource"

1 May 2005
Fisheries Management Paper No 189 "Proposed Management Arrangements for the Gascoyne Commercial 'Wetline' Fishery"

26 April 2005
Fisheries Management Paper No 190 "Proposed Management Arrangements for the West Coast Commercial 'Wetline' Fishery"

18 April 2005
Discussion Paper: Towards a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Western Australia

18 April 2005
Fisheries Management Paper No 191 "Access and Allocation Arrangements for the Commercial 'Wetline' Fisheries

6 April 2005
Management of the Proposed South West Beach seine Fishery, Management Discussion Paper, Fisheries Management paper 184

3 February 2005
Proposals for Community Discussion on the Future Management of Pink Snapper Fishing in Cockburn Sound and Surrounding Waters

7 January 2005
RFW Draft Comments on Cockburn Sound pink snapper closure

Submissions during 2004

29 October 2004
Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Management Plan

14 September 2004
Draft Regional Natural Resource Management Strategy for Northern Agricultural Region of Western Australia

10 September 2004
Letter to the Premier - Concern over Consultative Processes for Marine Parks

23 September 2004
Fisheries Management Paper 180; Future Management Arrangements for Western Australia's Temperate Shark Fisheries

16 August 2004
South West Regional Strategy for Natural Resource Management

9 August 2004
South Coast Regional Strategy for Natural Resource Management

29 June 2004
Bioregional Marine Planning in Western Australia

22 June 2004
Fisheries Management Paper 178 - Draft Plan of Management for the Kalbarri Blue Holes Fish Habitat Protection Area

28 May 2004
Indicative Management Plan for the proposed Montebello/Barrow Island MCRs

3 May 2004
Submission to Fisheries Management Paper NO 169 - Hardy Inlet Estuarine Fishery Management Issues and Options

20 April 2004
Submission to Fisheries Management Paper 174: The Translocation of Golden Perch, Murray Cod and Australian Bass, into and within Western Australia, for the Purposes of Recreational Stocking, Domestic Stocking and Commercial and Non-Commercial Aquaculture

16 April 2004
Rowley Shoals Marine Park Draft Management Plan and Indicative Management Plan for Extensions to the Existing Marine Park 2004

16 April 2004
Developing a Zoning Plan for the Proposed Capes Marine Park

20 February 2004
Fisheries Statutory Management Authority Inquiry Draft Report of November 2003

19 February 2004
CALM Policy Statement 18 - Recreation, Tourism and Visitor Services

4 February 2004
The Proposed Zoning Scheme for Ningaloo Marine Park & the Proposed Additions to the Marine Conservation Reserve

27 January 2004
Access Working Group Recommendations to the Gascoyne Muster II

7 January 2004
Busselton Jetty Exclusion Zone and Underwater Observatory

Submissions during 2003

12 December 2003
Proposed Dampier Archipelago/Cape Preston Marine Conservation Resv Zoning Scheme 4th & Final

24 November 2003
Proposed Demolition of the Carnarvon Prawning Jetty

4 November 2003
Preservation of Learmonth Jetty

11 September 2003
Aboriginal Fishing Strategy

13 August 2003
The Amended Draft Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (WTBF) Management Plan

3 June 2003
Review of Legislative Arrangements in the Aquaculture Industry

3 June 2003
Busselton Jetty Fish Habitat Protection Area

23 May 2003
Fisheries Statutory Management Authority Inquiry

25 March 2003
Swan River Crabbing

25 February 2003
Shoalwater Islands Marine Park

14 February 2003
A Biodiversity Conservation Act for Western Australia - Consultation Paper

14 February 2003
The Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy: Consultation Draft

6 February 2003
Proposed Management Arrangements for the Joint Authority Northern Shark Fishery

20 January 2003
The review of the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority, the Marine Parks and Reserves Scientific Advisory Committee and the Conservation Commission of Western Australia

Submissions during 2002

12 December 2002
Mandurah Estuarine Interim Management Arrangements

5 December 2002
James Point Stage One Port, Kwinana (Assessment No 1353)- Appeal

29 November 2002
Woodman Point Regional Park Draft Management Plan 2002-2012

24 September 2002
Draft Rottnest Island Management Plan 2002 - 2007

13 August 2002
Coastal Planning Review

13 August 2002
Shark National plan of Action

12 July 2002
Lancelin Defence Training Area submission

27 June 2002
Draft Bycatch Action Plan for the Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery

16 July 2002
Swan River Estuarine Fishery Interim Management Arrangements

30 May 2002
Commercial HIsmelt Plant - Kwinana

20 May 2002
Dredging of Denham Channel

26 April 2002
Dampier submission (still underway)

15 April 2002
Carnac Island

28 March 2002
Cockburn Sound EPP and EMP

26 February 2002
Turquoise Coast

19 February 2002
Beeliar park

30 January 2002
Shoalwater

Submissions during 2001 and earlier

20 December 2001
Mackerel 2nd round submission

10 December 2001
Cockburn Sound Shellsand Dredging Appeal

5 December 2001
West Coast and Gascoyne Reviews

22 November 2001
Ningaloo Marine Park Extension

13 July 2001
Proposed Montebello/Barrow Islands Marine Conservation Reserve

14 June 2001
James Point and Sheeploading facility PER

28 May 2001
Cottesloe FFHP Area

28 February 2001
Cockburn Cement ERMP

27 December 2000
Estuarine + Embayment Fisheries

14 December 2000
Jurien Bay Marine Park

16 October 2000
Resource Sharing

2 May 2000
Wetfish Review Initial Response

11 February 2000
Charter Boat Operators

Policies for 2005 WA State Election

• Recfishwest Questions for WA State Election 2005

• Premier of Western Australia response to Recfishwest's 2005 Election Policy questions

• Australian Labor Party 2005 Policy Document "Labor's Plan for Fisheries" stating:-

• Minister for the Environment part response to Recfishwest's 2005 Election Policy questions

• Minister for Fisheries Media Statement Support for Fishing Education

• WA Liberal/National Coalition 2005 position statement on Fisheries

This page last updated 8 July 2008.